Sainsbury Centre Learning

This was a year ago tomorrow! Wonderful day at Sailors' Reading Room in Southworld teaching #WGSebald workshop for @SainsburyCentre @scvaLearning. I value these experiences even more in retrospect #SaveTheArts

Free, online jam sessions with people with disabilities starts this Tuesday 7 July with Ipswich based @artslaolam #betweenspaces #eastofengland

@MattHutchings10 @jonnybid How about Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. It has adventure and humour (Sputnik is an alien and everyone except the ten-year old hero of the book somehow sees Sputnik as a dog) but also tackles big issues (being a looked-after child, dementia care).

Amazing & persuasive research by Abigail Hackett , Maggie MacLure & Sarah McMahon questioning 'the language gap' and the whole model of language that underpins early years policy and pedagogy. tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108… #earlyyears #languagegap #materialityoflanguage

@gem_heritage is sharing the EY collaborations brought together by @NLWallis @katejnoble @FitzMuseumEduca and ourselves: gem.org.uk/our-work/publi… First up is a film from @KateHFellows on raising educational attainment for young children. Look out for extensive cake metaphors!

Rach Anstey-Sanders (artist, teacher, Learning Programme Manager) writes on UEA Community Blog about creative play enabling us to adapt to 'the challenges in changing times. And ... to create a space to breathe in times that can seem suffocating' uea.ac.uk/about/media-ro…

In the film, Stephanie Davis, Assistant Community Curator, Lotherton Hall, says 'Any quality work ... always comes from commitment and a willingness to befriend and to be patient with people. People are what make objects valuable, what people think of objects.' Wise words.

Can't wait to welcome student visits back as soon as we can. In the meantime, we've made teacher's packs of looking, drawing and thinking tasks in response to the collection. Three packs: KS1-2, KS3-4 & KS5. Email scvagroupvisits@uea.ac.uk and we'll send one over! #MuseumFromHome

Introducing our Message In A Bottle✉️ challenge! In the future we may be surprised to discover how lockdown really felt. So tell it like it is now! Post your lockdown message(s) to our virtual bottle using #TTMessageInABottle. We’ll take good care of them! #MuseumFromHome

@NelliPiattoeva @ZSMillei @gem_heritage @FitzMuseum_UK @KateHFellows @RuthieBG1 @katejnoble @EYMuseumNetwork @CamUnivMuseums @CambsCC @DevRoseTurner @scvaLearning @werstas The Case Studies is available to read online, & you can buy the Journal from gem.org.uk/our-work/publi… Hope that it’s useful for you!

Latest version of #EngageJournal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond, now online! Includes article by Learning Programme Manager Lawrence Bradby and artist Judith Stewart on British Art Show 8 in Norwich, looking at the nature of participation. #biennials #participation #publicart

@gem_heritage @thinkingmuseum @Tropenmuseum using a different mode of communication can also help thinking. @KatePahl describes how young children's meaning making 'rests on a complex sea of play, talk, writing, drawing and modelling' #EdSkillsShare #GEM

@scvaLearning @thinkingmuseum @Tropenmuseum One of the practices of #VisibleThinking is encouraging the language of thinking - words that describe and evoke thinking. Aim is to develop and encourage a rich language of thinking; Using precise words actually helps people to think better. #EdSkillsShare #GEM @thinkingmuseum

What questions do you have about Visible thinking? What are you wondering about? We can be as specific or as general as you like! #EdSkillsShare #GEM @thinkingmuseum

@gem_heritage @thinkingmuseum @Tropenmuseum What #thinkingroutines did you use at @Tropenmuseum with the young learners?

@scvaLearning @thinkingmuseum #VisibleThinking works wonderfully with young learners. My first educational programme @Tropenmuseum used #VT with international primary school children, with majority not having English as a first language. #EdSkillsShare

Our latest issue of the #EngageJournal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond, is now online! Edited by @sarahperks Individuals can enjoy free access to the Journal until 31 July 2020. To take advantage of this offer, register here: bit.ly/2KaCEFC

@gem_heritage @thinkingmuseum I this earlier thinkingmuseum.com/2019/10/07/vis… to find out about the approach. Can we adapt 'see - think - wonder' approach for families at home? One of the effects of a museum is a framing device - it makes certain things significant. Harder to do at home.

This afternoon's #EdSkillsShare will be hosted by @thinkingmuseum from 15:00-17:00. Learn more about 'Visible Thinking' and how it can improve tours and programmes at your museum. Read up and join in! bit.ly/3a4wuRF

@museumhour Many thanks for hosting. A lot of useful exchange and ideas and resources. Signing out. #museumhour

@museumhour @gem_heritage @engagevisualart Following @KateHFellows 's description: closure could be time to build stronger partnerships across public sector. Making family provision resilient to the inevitable future stresses of slow economy and uncertain funding.#museumhour

Q10. To wrap things up, what can museums and galleries do during closure to engage early years audiences? #MuseumHour @gem_heritage @engagevisualart